Recreation
Whether you choose to just relax around our crystal clear resort pool, tan on our beautiful white sand beach or try something a little more energetic – the Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort offers something for everyone!
Choose from sailing, parasailing, waverunners and kayaking or take an Eco-tour or shelling excursion directly off the beach!
For the golfing enthusiast, many of the finest golf courses in Florida are only minutes away. Also try fishing charters, a dinner cruise, a sunset catamaran cruise, a Florida Everglades Adventure on an airboat, or a Boat rental - Marco Island has it all!
On-site Recreation
Resort Pool
Relax poolside and work on your tropical tan around our beautiful, heated free form pool. Enjoy our relaxing whirlpool spa. Towels are available at the Pool Hut, as well as complimentary beach and pool toys. Panama Jack oils, lotions and sunglasses are available at the pool hut as well. Take the Virtual Tour of the Pool.
Tennis
Tennis is available seven days a week.
Beach Volleyball Net
Available 7 days a week.
(Set-up charges apply)
Fitness Center
Fitness room is available 7 days a week from 6 AM - 10 PM and is complimentary for hotel guests.
Massage Services
Massage services are available for hotel guests.
Beach Activities
Rent a Yamaha Wave Runner or soar high above the Gulf with Marco Island Watersports one of the most experienced parasail companies in the world. Also available are rentals of 17 foot Hobe Kats, two person ocean kayaks and aqua trikes.
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See the Shell Kat
For the Kids
Children’s Popcorn and a Movie
Available 7 days a week 1 pm to 3 pm.
$8 per child
Not Fully Supervised
Subject to a minimum number of participants
Kids Night Out
Available 7 days a week 5:30 pm to 9 pm
Tennis, ping pong, Pool and beach games.
Includes pizza and soda
$30 per child
Fully Supervised
Subject to a minimum number of participants
Off-site Recreation
Golf
The Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort is just minutes away from world class golf. We recommend two of the best courses and facilities in the area. Lely Resort & Country Club: featuring two championship par 72 courses is just 15 minutes away. The Mustang course, designed by Lee Trevino, and the Flamingo, designed by Robert Trent Jones. Hammock Bay: a challenging new par 72 course just 10 minutes from the resort.
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Boat Rentals
Situated on Marco Island Cedar Bay Yacht Club opens up a nautical paradise that retains much of its natural splendor from when it was first discovered. Enjoy boating to tropical islands with sugar sand beaches, visit a dockside restaurant letting the tropical breeze sweep you away or relax and take in a magical sunset while watching the abundant wildlife play in a pristine environment. For those who love boating, Cedar Bay Yacht Club offers an enjoyable experience in a first class facility.
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Sunset Cruises
Take a sunset cruise on the beautiful waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a 44' sailing catamaran. The 44' sailing catamaran "KAHUNA" is a sailing adventure, certified for up to 42 passengers. The professional crew thoroughly enjoys making sure that you have a wonderful time on our beautiful waters. The "KAHUNA" has a wide spacious deck with large trampoline areas for sunbathing. The "Stairway to the Sea" makes for easy swimming or beach access. The spacious layout provides ample area for food and beverage service. With her level flooring, the "KAHUNA" is handicapped accessible. Onboard is a large clean restroom and a fresh water shower.
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Dinner Cruises
Marco Princess
Marco Island's most unique dining and cruising experience. Your group can take a relaxing cruise through the calm inland waters of Marco Island, and the Gulf of Mexico and enjoy unparallel comfort, delicious dining, great views, and world class service. Air conditioned salons, open-air upper decks, and full service bar will provide them with the very best way to enjoy the waters of Marco Island. On the Marco Island Princess, every seat is a window seat.
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Fishing Charters
If it's fun and on the water, you can do it on Marco Island!
We can arrange for you to have a boat, bait and tackle ready for your day out on the water
Choose from:
-- Back Water Fishing for up to 4 people with a guide
-- Fly Fishing 1 or 2 with guide
-- Off Shore Fishing from 6 to 84 people per boat with captains
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Everglades Adventures
Enjoy a trip through the World famous Florida Everglades. Learn the eco history, human history, see the seasonal wildlife, amaze at the ‘forever grasslands’. Learn what a hammock is, what an alligator hole is and why it is so important in the dry season. Then experience a thrilling airboat ride through the saw grass marshes where you will surely be introduced to alligators and beautiful wading birds.
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Visit Speedy Johnson’s Airboat Rides
Sightseeing & Wildlife Attractions
Marco Island is the largest of the 10,000 island aquatic preserve and an official sanctuary for the Bald Eagle. It is surrounded be a very unique ecosystem and home to exceptional wildlife and vegetation. There are a number of parks and preserves within short distance from the island.
Just slightly north of the island on Shell Island Road off State Road 951 is the 9,400 acre Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. In the mangroves you will find mullet, snapper, oysters, crabs, snook, pelicans, osprey, bald eagles, deer, bobcats, snakes and tortoises. Tours can be arranged at the reserve's Briggs Nature Center which also rents canoes. Telephone: (239) 775-8569.
Ten miles east of the intersection of State Road 951 along U.S. 41 is Collier-Seminole State Park. It is a 6,400 acre mangrove preserve and is home to alligators, the American crocodile, panthers, black bears and manatees. You'll find a 13 mile canoe trail and a 6 mile hiking trail there.
The third largest park in the United States The Everglades National Park is only 15 minutes by car away from Marco Island and its entrance is in Everglades City. In 1.5 million acres of wilderness is an abundance of wildlife. The park offers campsites, picnic areas, cabin rentals, boating, fishing and guided tours.
The access to the 63,000 acre Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve is on Jane Memorial Scenic Drive off State Road 29 at Copeland. The preserve is home to the Florida panther and many other endangered wildlife species. It also has the largest concentration of epiphytic orchids in North America.
Roughly 30 minutes from Marco Island is the Big Cypress National Preserve located on U.S. 41 at Ochopee. In this 716, 000 acre preserve one can observe cypress swamp, exotic mangroves, saw grass prairies and natural freshwater rivers. Wildlife seen includes panthers, snakes, alligators, bobcats, bear, wild boar, deer and a multitude of colorful birds.
Located on Sanctuary Road off Immokalee Road in north Collier County is the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary which is owned by the National Audubon Society and home to the largest remaining stand of virgin bald cypress trees and the country's larges colony of nesting wood storks.
